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Cymro · 02-18-2006, 02:15 AM

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INT. REAR LOUNGE
We are in a small, dark room with a few chairs and coffee tables, with a window that overlooks the rear of the Enterprise. We see the silhouette of McCoy, against the window. He is staring at the streaking stars as they pass by.

ENTER SPOCK.

SPOCK
Good evening, Doctor… Am I intruding?

MCCOY
No, Spock, I was just… I couldn’t sleep. What are you doing here?

Spock joins McCoy at the window; they both stare outward as they talk.

SPOCK
I find this view to be most… soothing. I assume you’re suffering from insomnia because you are troubled by the deaths of Crewmen Wilks and Simcoe?

MCCOY
It’s not just that, Spock. For god’s sake, we just saw a whole planet, a whole civilization die, in the blink of an eye. Billions of people – gone. (Clicks his fingers) Just like that…

SPOCK
It is, indeed unfortunate.

McCoy gives Spock a short glance, with a slight look of annoyance, then shakes his head.

MCCOY
Y’know, as much as I may get pissed off at you for being such a cold hearted son of a bitch, Spock, there are times I can’t help but envy you -you can sit back and watch as Billions of people die, and have it not effect you.

SPOCK
Indeed, there are many advantages to being Vulcan.

McCoy shakes his head again, simultaneously taking a deep breath.

MCCOY
So you keep telling me. (pauses)
Did any of your people ever believe in God, Spock?

SPOCK
Long ago, before we adopted logic, there were many Vulcans who believed in deities, similar to your Christo-Judean God, and others of that nature.

MCCOY
What do you believe, Spock?

SPOCK
I believe in Science.

MCCOY
(sighs)
I should have known. Well, I’m going to try and get some sleep, I’ve got an early shift tomorrow.

McCoy turns around and heads toward the door. Spock looks over his shoulder.

SPOCK
There is one specific law of science that I hold above all others.

McCoy turns around to face Spock

MCCOY
And which one is that?

SPOCK
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I believe, perhaps, that there is a certain balance in the universe. For every wrong, there is, somewhere a right. For every death, there is new life. For every feeling of great pain, loss, there is a feeling of immense joy, and those are the times, Doctor, where perhaps I envy you.

MCCOY
I suppose one man’s cloud can be another’s silver lining. (pause) Spock, what are you doing here?

Spock turns around to face McCoy.

SPOCK
I couldn’t sleep.

MCCOY
(Smiles)
Maybe there’s hope for you yet, Mr. Spock.

McCoy leaves the room, and Spock turns back to look at the stars pass by. We zoom out the window, streak through space and find ourselves on a distant planet. We zoom into a pit of primordial goo. With a tiny, brief flash of light we see the creation of a protein molecule.

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT IV

I'm worried that this may be a little too illogical for Spock.

Thoughts?